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You Suck at Skipping Rocks

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Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription and a 30-day free trial. Most of us are stoked if we can get a stone to skip more than 3 or 4 times. The world record holder at skipping stones has 88 skips. Here's why science says that number is way too low. Hosted by: Reid Reimers (he/him) ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, charles george, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Christopher R, Boucher, Jeffrey Mckishen, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Tomás Lagos González, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishowFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-skips-of-a-skimming-stone https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0217984919502385 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-42453-x https://www.nature.com/articles/427029a https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1519232 https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=bmewp https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/features/2022/orion-skip-maneuver.html https://www.livescience.com/orion-capsule-lands-in-ocean Image Sources: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/stone-skimmed-on-water-stock-footage/839402550 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/father-and-daughter-on-the-shore-little-girl-throw-stone-stock-footage/680849568 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/young-man-walks-to-shoreline-of-mountain-lake-stock-footage/456228208 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/skipping-stones-high-speed-160fps-3k-stock-footage/187623814 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/perfect-skimming-stones-royalty-free-image/1398830111?phrase=skipping+stone https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-42453-x https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/boy-skimming-stones-stock-footage/450490303 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/round-pebble-rocks-dried-out-river-bed-stock-footage/1389955697 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/varied-wave-texture-with-strong-winds-stock-footage/1329567390 https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-discuss-findings-from-successful-artemis-i-moon-mission https://images.nasa.gov/details-Orion_Artemis-I_b-roll_9_2021_LB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_CSM_lunar_orbit.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/night-scene-milky-way-background-royalty-free-image/521011652

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